No bow hunting? That seems odd, I would expect in Europe (not the friendliest place for gun ownership) that hunting with firearms would be what is vorboten. Have the powers that be in your country explained why?
By the way, if you make it over here and find yourself in Albany, Ga in the next year and a half, I'll take you out hunting! There's even a group around here that takes people on pig hunts at night with night vision optics on the guns. Pigs are a nuisance animal (they eat crops) so there are no limits, no restrictions as to what you hunt them with, and no restrictions as to when you hunt! The name of the group is Hog SWAT (SWAT being the abbreviation for Special Weapons and Tactics - normally your special group of police officers with that sort of training.) They contact farmers who allow them on their land. This reduces damage to their crops. I haven't done it myself but it sounds like a blast.